One Step (a Holocaust poem)

This is a poem I wrote in science while I was supposed to be taking notes, but in English we were talking about the Holocaust and I just thought of this. Hope you enjoy!
-- Harlequin Cive

A different bruise A different night One scar is one step closer, right? One step closer to paradise One back if I fight But I hope; for that is all I have That when I'm knocking on that door To a place I'd rather be And the air is polluted, by what is left of me I hope you find your paradise I hope you know it well Before he curtain rises And you find yourself in hell

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